Cheshire Basin
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The Cheshire Basin is a large geological sedimentary basin in northwest England known for its thick Triassic rock sequences and associated salt deposits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheshire Basin canonical | 1 |
| Mersey Basin | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological basin
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| age | Mesozoic ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Midland Platform
ⓘ
Pennines ⓘ Welsh Massif ⓘ |
| contains |
Mercia Mudstone Group
ⓘ
Northwich salt field ⓘ
surface form:
Middlewich salt field
Nantwich salt field ⓘ Northwich salt field ⓘ Sherwood Sandstone Group ⓘ Triassic evaporites ⓘ Triassic mudstones ⓘ Triassic sandstones ⓘ Northwich salt field ⓘ
surface form:
Winsford salt field
salt-related subsidence features ⓘ subsidence hollows ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment |
continental fluvial
ⓘ
playa lake ⓘ sabkha evaporitic ⓘ |
| drainage |
River Dee
ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ River Weaver ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
brine extraction
ⓘ
salt mining ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Greater Manchester
ⓘ
Merseyside ⓘ Shropshire ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ |
| formedBy | Mesozoic crustal extension ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Triassic ⓘ |
| hasMaximumThickness | over 2 kilometres of Triassic strata ⓘ |
| knownFor |
evaporite deposits
ⓘ
halite beds ⓘ salt deposits ⓘ thick Triassic rock sequences ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cheshire
ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
surface form:
northwest England
|
| majorResource |
brine
ⓘ
rock salt ⓘ |
| notableTownWithin |
Middlewich
ⓘ
Nantwich ⓘ Northwich ⓘ Winsford ⓘ |
| overlies | Carboniferous rocks ⓘ |
| partOf | East Irish Sea Basin system ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | extensional basin ⓘ |
| underlainBy | Permian rocks ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.